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133640P.pdf   11/24/2014  Gary Brooks  v.  United States
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  13-3640
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City   
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Bye and Colloton, Circuit Judges] Habeas Case - motion to vacate. Claim of ineffective assistance of counsel for recommending an Alford plea was properly denied, as counsel's decision to recommend the plea was a permissible strategic choice.